Madonna Vogue Quotes

We need to reclaim the word 'feminism'. We need the word 'feminism' back real bad. When statistics come in saying that only 29% of American women would describe themselves as feminist - and only 42% of British women - I used to think, What do you think feminism IS, ladies? What part of 'liberation for women' is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? 'Vogue' by Madonna? Jeans? Did all that good shit GET ON YOUR NERVES? Or were you just DRUNK AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY?

When statistics come in saying that only 29 percent of American women would describe themselves as feminist - and only 42 percent of British women - I used to think, What do you think feminism IS, ladies? What part of 'liberation for women' is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? 'Vogue' by Madonna? Jeans? Did all that good shit GET ON YOUR NERVES? Or were you just DRUNK AT THE TIME OF SURVEY?

Its half a dozen legs, divided into segments – either four or five, it was difficult to count them - had an elegance of movement that Lily found enthralling. As though choreographed to a beat mimicking the thumping in her breast, the precise spasmodic jerks of their several bends made her think of Madonna dancing to Vogue. They had the faultless coordination of intertwining cutlery in the hands of a hungry magician – or of the Queen eating dinner alone. This rush of ridiculous analogies caused Lily to laugh with delight, loudly, now without the slightest fear that the fly might be disturbed, because this fly was unlike other flies, and Lily knew that it would know not to feel under threat.

Necesitamos recuperar urgentemente la palabra "feminismo". Cuando las estadísticas señalan que sólo el 29% de las mujeres norteamericanas se describirían a si mismas como feministas, y sólo un 42% de las británicas, yo solía pensar: ¿Qué creéis que ES el feminismo, señoras? ¿Qué aspecto de la " liberación de la mujer" no va con vosotras? ¿Es el derecho al voto? ¿El derecho a no ser una propiedad del hombre con el que te casas? ¿La campaña por la igualdad de salarios? ¿El Vogue de Madonna? ¿Los vaqueros? ¿Todo esto tan cojonudo TE PONE DE LOS NERVIOS? ¿O sólo ESTABAS BORRACHA EL DÍA QUE HICIERON LA ENCUESTA?

We need to reclaim the word 'feminism'. We need the word 'feminism' back real bad. When statistics come in saying that only 29% of American women would describe themselves as feminist - and only 42% of British women - I used to think, What do you think feminism IS, ladies? What part of 'liberation for women' is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? 'Vogue' by Madonna? Jeans? Did all that good shit GET ON YOUR NERVES? Or were you just DRUNK AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY? These days, however, I am much calmer-since I realized that it's technically impossible for a woman to argue against feminism. Without feminism, you wouldn't be allowed to have a debate on a woman's place in society. You'd be too busy giving birth on the kitchen floor-biting down on a wooden spoon so as not to disturb the men's card game-before going back to hoeing the rutabaga field. This is why those female columnists in the Daily Mail-giving daily wail against feminism-amuse me. They paid you 1,600 pounds for that, dear, I think. And I bet it' going into your bank account and not your husband's. The more women argue, loudly, against feminism, the more they both prove it exists and that they enjoy its hard-won privileges. Because for all that people have tried to abuse it and disown it, "feminism" is still the word we need...We need the only word we have ever had to describe "making the world equal for men and women". Women's reluctance to use it sends out a really bad signal. Imagine if, in the 1960's, it had become fashionable for black people to say they "weren't into" civil rights. "No, I'm not into Civil Rights! That Martin Luther King is too shouty. He just needs to chill out, to be honest." But then, I do understand why women started to reject the word feminism. It ended up being invoked in so many baffling inappropriate contexts that you'd presume it was some spectacularly unappealing combination of misandry, misery, and hypocrisy, which stood for ugly clothes, constant anger, and, let's face it, no fucking...Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

Precisamos retomar a palavra “feminismo”. Precisamos muito, mas muito mesmo pegar de volta a palavra “feminismo”. Quando aparecem estatísticas dizendo que apenas 29% das mulheres norte-americanas se descrevem como feministas — e apenas 42% das inglesas —, eu penso: o que vocês acham que feminismo é, moças? Que parte da “liberação das mulheres” não é para vocês? Será que é o direito de votar? De não ser uma posse do marido? A campanha por equivalência salarial? A música “Vogue”, da Madonna? As calças jeans? Será que todas essas coisas IRRITAM VOCÊ? Ou será que você só estava BÊBADA NA HORA DA PESQUISA? Hoje em dia, no entanto, estou muito mais calma — desde que me dei conta de que é tecnicamente impossível uma mulher argumentar contra o feminismo. Sem o feminismo, você não teria permissão para debater o lugar da mulher na sociedade. Você estaria ocupada demais dando à luz no chão da cozinha — mordendo uma colher de pau para não atrapalhar o carteado dos homens — antes de voltar a esfregar a latrina. É por isso que aquelas colunistas do Daily Mail — que falam mal do feminismo todos os dias — me divertem. Você recebeu 1,6 mil libras por isso, querida. E aposto que foi para a sua conta do banco, não para a do seu marido. Quanto mais as mulheres argumentam, em voz alta, contra o feminismo, mais elas provam que ele existe e que elas se aproveitam dos privilégios conquistados a duras penas. Porque, apesar de todas as pessoas que tentaram abusar e destratar do feminismo, essa continua sendo a palavra de que precisamos. Nenhuma outra serve.

When statistics come in saying that only 29 percent of American women would describe themselves as feminist—and only 42 percent of British women—I used to think, What do you think feminism IS, ladies? What part of “liberation for women” is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? “Vogue,” by Madonna? Jeans? Did all that good shit GET ON YOUR NERVES? Or were you just DRUNK AT THE TIME OF SURVEY?

Langzaam zoom ik in en zie tegelijkertijd de drooggetrainde, wiegende rug van Madonna (‘Vogue’) en ik weet dat in de kooi van haar ribben, ingekapseld in taaie draden, haar hart klopt, als een glanzend oranje embryo. Om de een of andere reden stelt mij dat gerust en daarom laat ik de camera het plekje tussen haar schouderblad en ruggengraat viseren waarna ik in de badkamer verdwijn.